Red Dead Redemption joins Xbox One backward compatibility stable

Rockstar Games has confirmed the classic open world western Red Dead Redemption will be available to play on the Xbox One console from Friday 8 July.

The title joins the growing array of Xbox 360 originals available through the new-gen machine’s backward compatibility feature.

Red Dead Redemption has been a fixture near the top of gamers’ wish lists since Microsoft began asking Xbox One owners which older games they’d like to play on the new system.

“Starting on Friday, every Red Dead Redemption Xbox 360 owner will be able to play the game directly on their Xbox One, regardless of which version of the game they own (Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare and Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition),” the publisher wrote in a statement.